At last, the first strategy test in the 100 → 1M Challenge – But its a losing one!

After failing to find a decent winning strategy… I went for a losing one. But with a twist 🙂 Watch video below: The Strategy: Gold ICT OrderBlock EA This is an automated strategy trading XAUUSD on a low timeframe, built around: Order blocks Liquidity sweeps Market structure shifts On paper, it sounds smart. Institutional concepts. […]

Quick Update: I Moved My Demo Test Account to the D Drive (Here’s Why)

If you’ve been running backtests on MetaTrader 5 and everything looks fine… there’s a hidden problem you might be missing. Storage. Yeah, not exciting, but it matters more than you think. When you run backtests, especially with tick data, optimisation, or multiple EAs… Your C drive starts getting filled fast. And once that happens: Your […]

The 5 Point Backtest Checklist I Use Before Launching Any Trading Bot

Before any trading bot goes near a demo or live account, it needs to pass a simple filter. I’ve narrowed it down to 5 key checks. If it fails even one, it gets improved or rejected. No exceptions. Here they are: 1. Profit Factor :  1.5 The bot needs to make at least £1.50 for […]

Backtesting Starts With Data (And I Learned This the Hard Way)

When I first got into backtesting, I thought I was doing everything right. I’d run strategies, see nice results, and think… this is it. Then I’d go live… and the results didn’t match at all. That’s when it clicked ,  the problem wasn’t always the strategy.It was the data. Most of us start by using […]